The Associated Press: Authorities say a Tesla driver, who said he thought his car was in Autopilot mode, crashed into the back of a firetruck in San Jose. The California Highway Patrol says the Tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped with its emergency lights activated … [Read more...]
By Jonathan Hair, ABC: Allan "Tully" Tull was flying over the Kingiman fire, on the state's south coast, when the the accident happened last Friday afternoon. The 57-year-old was remembered at a service at a small helicopter airfield in Sydney. His family was welcomed by … [Read more...]
By WPRI: A young firefighter is being lauded for his efforts after a 13-year-old boy drove off with one of the Central Coventry Fire District's new ambulances Thursday night. Police said they were trying to calm down the boy, who has ADHD and autism, and brought him to the … [Read more...]
By Colin Campbell, Baltimore Sun: Two medics were injured in an ambulance crash in Baltimore on Friday morning, according to the city fire department. They were taken to a hospital for evaluation of minor injuries after the crash, a fender-bender that happened just before … [Read more...]
By Lizzy Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: For more than four hours, no one heard from Braden Varney. The 10-year veteran of California’s firefighting force had been dispatched to bulldoze a firebreak on a precarious ridge near Marble Point in Mariposa County, an effort to … [Read more...]
A Fort Worth fire truck was involved in a responding crash this afternoon, injuring a Firefighter and the driver of another vehicle. The wreck happened at an intersection in east Fort Worth. The fire apparatus was responding to a structure fire. An injured firefighter and driver … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that East Side VFD (Albermarle, Stanly County, NC) Firefighter Dakota Snively was killed in the Line of Duty yesterday evening. WHAT HAPPENED: While he was responding to a water rescue at Morrow Mountain State Park with confirmed persons in the water, … [Read more...]